March 2019 US Talent Market Monthly

In a month where 225,000 new jobs were expected, U.S. hiring activity was significantly soft at just 20,000 in February—the lowest total since the hurricane-affected month of September 2017. After slight upward revisions to January and December’s figures, the average employment gain for the past three months was 186,000, below the full year 2018 average of 223,000 per month.